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Callaway Went Thataway
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Two smart marketing people resurrect some old films starring cowboy Smoky Callaway and put them on television. The films are a big hit and the star is in demand. Unfortunately no one can find him. When a lookalike sends in a photo, the marketing team hires him to impersonate Callaway. Things get sticky when the real Callaway eventually shows up.
Cast
- Fred MacMurray as Mike Frye
- Dorothy McGuire as Deborah Patterson
- Howard Keel as Stretch Barnes / Smoky Callaway
- Jesse White as Georgie Markham
- Fay Roope as Tom Lorrison
- Natalie Schafer as Martha Lorrison
- Douglas Kennedy as Drunk
- Elisabeth Fraser as Marie
- John Indrisano as Johnny Terrento
- Stan Freberg as Marvin
- Don Haggerty as Director Don
- Acquanetta as Native Girl with Smoky (uncredited)
Details
- Director
- Melvin Frank and Norman Panama
- Released
- November 15, 1951
- Runtime
- 1h 22m
- Genres
- Comedy, Western
- Studio
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Status
- Released
- TMDB score
- 5.6 / 10 from 16 votes
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